Chapter 05 - NIGHTMARISH DREAM
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Two people were screaming, one was crying. It was so cold outside, but the blaze bitterly warmed me. I could hear two loud popping sounds in the burning house. S̷̢̻̄͘o̶͇̿̔̿̊͂͜meone was pulling me back. I screamed at them to let me go—but it was useless. I screamed for anyone—please, I cried, please help.
No one came.
No police or firefighters came, though their sirens wailed in the distance. Hope was gone. By the time they were here, I'd be gone. I couldn't outrun the boy beside me, much less the other man holding on to my arm. Stop fighting, the voice said, there's no hope. No, my mind refused, they'll be okay. Any minute, they'd come out of the house and we'd all be okay.
Nothing happened. The blaze continued to burn.
The screaming ce̴̢̫͕̮̱̮͆̎̈̔͂ased and I cri̵͎̰͔͈̱̣͛ed. Wood cracking and crumbling of the second story of the house echoed as the wailing of the trucks resounded through the night. The fire ate and ate and ã̵̢̦̤͙̳̙͓̤̳̠̈́́t̶̛̤̜̝̟͚̺̗̼͂͗̈e̵̯̽͑̏͛̉͝, but it refused to drink from the hoses. I tri̴̬͛͂̏̌e̶̠̮̅́̽͛̐d to scream so they'd hear me—but by then we were too far away, my throat too dry to cry out, heart too weak to run, hope too thin to fight.
They're dead. All dead.
My eyes were burning from the ash and smoke—the man said he heard noises and came to help us all. He took me out of the house and dragged me away, the clueless boy followị̸̯̦̇̀̓͛̍̉̃͆n̷̨̞̦̼̖̝̺̹̮̓́͒̍̃͐̚͘͜g̴̨̻̭͍͕͇̐̂̾́̄̏̐̕͝ us. The house was still engulfed in flames. My eyes burned, my lungs hurt, my feet hurt, my arm hurt where he dragged me. He lied. He said he'd help me once I was in the car with the boy. He sȁ̴̡͍̭͉̪̝͇͕̓̀̀̏̀̍̏͌ͅí̸̲̼̙̉̄̎̓͜d̸͈̭̒́̏͋͘ͅ and promised. He drove off and never turned back, making me watch the house burn with the bodies inside. He said I would be okay, safe, happy with them.
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